Our Boys...

When we first got married, we lived in a duplex. The other side of the duplex were our neighbors we shared a wall with.. oh.. the missionaries. It was so much fun to have those boys live next door to us. You get to see them in a different light, and really, they have been some of our best friends in Idaho. I've sewed pants, loaned ketchup, looked up medical pains, given cough syrup, sheets, a microwave.. all the good things in life. We would get a little tap on the door and it was always fun.
With that fun, we've teased the boys a lot. I call them my boys because I think I'm more protective over them than a lot of members of the church. After we moved to our house, I got called as a ward missionary. We still get to see the Elders a lot (we do a lot of lessons with them) and right now even, one of our old next door neighbors is in the area. He goes home in a couple weeks. He's been with us almost a quarter of his mission or more between the two areas.
Here's a couple of the stories we've done.. as I've been so busy I don't have a lot to blog about other than being busy...

This is Elder Love. We looked up his myspace page when he lived next door to us. He is really into the Lord of the Rings and old Swords and axes and stuff. We found this funny picture of him and then played on the things he likes. Return with honor, his picture, Weilder of the sword of truth. We pasted it on the inside of our front door. He came over for a few minutes to talk about something and his companion saw it. He was chuckling, poor Love didn't know what was going on until he left and saw it...

It was a pretty good reaction. He's the one that is back in our area... zone leader now, so proud. :)

One of the other Elders.. long story short.. hit a handicapped bus with the mission car. When he was talking to the driver, there was a moan in the back and the driver said. "great, you scared dobby". The conversation went on and the poor guy ended up cracking up about the whole thing (longer conversation) so of course we had to tease him about it. When he got transferred we had this shirt made for him.

We sure think we're funny... tee hee. He liked the shirt though, and now will always have it as a mission memory.
There are so many more memories, these are just a couple I got photos of.. like I said.. WE think we're funny.. teehee.
It sure has been a blessing getting to know these boys and seeing their spirits and having the opportunity to watch them share the gospel with others. They really are good boys. A couple of them still keep in touch.. I'm glad for that. It's been even more wonderful watching them grow throughout the mission, and then grow in their lives. A got a phone call asking how to propose once.. it meant a lot to me! Okay.. I'll stop gushing.. but gosh I do get proud of them!